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Kagemusha
“Kagemusha,” directed by Akira Kurosawa, is a historical drama set in 16th-century Japan, focusing on a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate a dying warlord to maintain the clan’s power and prevent rival factions from taking advantage of the leader’s death. As the thief struggles with his new identity, the film explores themes of power, identity, and the nature of leadership amidst the backdrop of political intrigue and warfare.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Akihiko Sugizaki, Daisuke Ryû, Eiichi Kanakubo, Francis Selleck, Hideji Ôtaki, Hideo Murota, Hiroshi Shimada, Jinpachi Nezu, Kai Atô, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kaori Momoi, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kôji Shimizu, Kota Yui, Kumeko Otowa, Masayuki Yui, Mitsuko Baisho, Nobaru Sone, Noboru Shimizu, Norio Matsui, Sen Yamamoto, Shuhei Sugimori, Takashi Ebata, Takashi Shimura, Takayuki Shiho, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuo Yamashita, Toshiaki Tanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yasuhito Yamanaka, Yasushi Doshida, Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi, Yû Shimaka, 山﨑努
Country: Japan, United States of America
Company: Bluebush Productions, Kurosawa Production Co., TOHO, Toho Company, Twentieth Century Fox
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars, 20 wins & 5 nominations total
Budget: $6,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $4,018,532
Duration: 2h 42min
Release: 1980
Release Date: 1980-04-26
IMDb: 7.9
TMDB: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 84
FilmAffinity: 7.8
